Federal Court Finds No Constitutional Right to Carry a Concealed Weapon

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While gun rights supporters might like to think the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is an absolute guarantee against government interference, according to at least one (relatively conservative) appeals court, they are severely mistaken. In fact, according to that same court, when it comes to carrying concealed weapons, the Second Amendment is basically irrelevant.

Last Friday, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down its decision in the case of Peterson v. Martinez, a case involving the question of whether a state has an obligation to provide a concealed carry license to anyone who has been granted such a license in another state. Their answer was, to put it mildly, “no.”

In fact, the court adopted a fairly novel approach in explaining why the right to keep and bear arms didn’t apply in this case: Rather than rely solely on precedent that restricted gun rights, they built most of their analysis on language from cases that expanded gun rights, but still made clear that there were limits, of which concealed carry was certainly one. As Lawyers.com’s Larry Bodine put it, “To bullet-proof the ruling against an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the 10th Circuit recounted numerous court rulings and state laws dating back to 1813, and based its ruling on prior U.S. Supreme Court cases.”
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Don't worry, Chief Justice Roberts is there to save us.
" It Is Not Our Job to Protect the People From the Consequences of Their Political Choices "

The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.

So they are saying that you can't use a concealed carry license from one state in another? I can understand that. It is called states rights. Each state is different.

I look at this in the same light as hunting licenses. You can't use a hunting license from Pa in Montana for example.

Many states have agreements. When I took my concealed weapons class I was given a list of which states recognized my Florida concealed carry permit. I agree the judges on this. A state has the right to decide the criteria for a concealed carry license.

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That's the thing that landed Timothy McVeigh (OK bomber) in jail before anyone realized who he was or what he had done.

Pulled over for license plate violation. Trooper notices bulge, asks about it. Tim says gun, Trooper pulls his gun out, removes Tim's gun and asks to see the concealed permit. Tim had a Kansas permit, which wasn't recognized in OK. Off to jail he went. And while waiting they realized who they had.

Many states have agreements. When I took my concealed weapons class I was given a list of which states recognized my Florida concealed carry permit. I agree the judges on this. A state has the right to decide the criteria for a concealed carry license.

Where in the Constitution does it say, "shall not be infringed except by California?

While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

So they are saying that you can't use a concealed carry license from one state in another? I can understand that. It is called states rights. Each state is different.

You wouldn't feel that way if you had to exit the highway in Oakland California for a nonexistent construction activity, and were dumped in a scary and desolate worst part of Oakland (warehouses, dead ends, houses with bars, no people, could be trapped by a gang) . Your right and need for self defense go wherever you do- that right should not hinge on the opinion of Kamala Harris.

While you were hanging yourself , on someone else's words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

Theoretically. The language of the Second Amendment refers to the right of the people to "keep and bear arms." Private ownership doesn't automatically tranlate to openly carrying in public areas, just as it doesn't automatically permit open carrying on private property if the owner chooses to restrict it.